THREE tiny kittens were recovering last night after volunteers rescued them from rubble.

The cats, just a few weeks old, were saved from a crumbled outhouse by workers at a Rhyl bargain store.

They handed the kittens, who were thought to be abandoned, to the RSPCA.

A worker from a shop next door to an abandoned house on West Parade on Monday heard faint scratching noises. It led to an hours-long rescue operation.

RSPCA workers said the cats would be able to go to a new homes.

Daniel Howarth, 22, who works next door at D & M Bargains, said he checked the disused building every day.

He said: "I was in there just making sure there was no-one squatting there. I heard some rustling in the back where people usually get in.

"The three kittens were all there under the rubble and they just couldn't get out. As we tried to get them out, they just kept on falling further in.

"There was a lot of rubble in that out-house because the roof had fallen in. We had to lift that all out and throw it away, and we could see that the cats had made little tunnels underneath and squeezed in.

"They were finding little alcoves and gaps, and the further we dug the further down they fell.

"It took a good few hours, to get them out. They looked really scared."